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by brandonb 11y ago
We (Cardiogram) have been working with UCSF cardiology on exactly this problem: detecting abnormal heart rhythms using Apple Watch data. The more data our algorithm sees, the more accurate it gets. If you own an Apple Watch, you can join ou
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New Study Seeks to Use Deep Learning to Detect Heart Disease(on.wsj.com)
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by brandonb 11y ago
I'm glad you're ok! Heart rate data is such a window into our emotional lives. There was the guy who recorded a breakup on his Fitbit: http://www.buzzfeed.com/stephaniemlee/a-mans-fitbit-captured... Even more
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by brandonb 11y ago
Getting some spikes is normal while you're in REM sleep. Here's an example of restful sleep vs sleep after a night of drinking: http://imgur.com/l9RVeK5 In general, we'd like to add more comparisons in the
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by brandonb 11y ago
Yancheng was awesome to work with. We + UCSF actually just launched a continuation of his work via the mRhythm Study: https://mRhythmStudy.org If you have an Apple Watch, you can contribute data, regardless of whether you h
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by brandonb 11y ago
Hey all—I'm one of the machine learning engineers involved in the study. Let me know if any of you have questions on how deep learning applies to medicine, HealthKit, Google Fit, or anything else!
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New Study Seeks to Use Deep Learning to Detect Heart Disease(wsj.com)
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Startups, Researchers Look to Apple Watch to Identify Those at Risk for Strokes(fastcompany.com)
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by brandonb 11y ago
Hey HN, Johnson and I are co-founders of Cardiogram, and we're working with UCSF cardiology (the Health eHeart project) to launch the mRhythm Study today. We'll be giving a talk with more technical detail on our machine learning a
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Patent application: Apple Watch calling 911 when it detects a heart-attack(9to5mac.com)
1 points by brandonb 11y ago|0 comments
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Health company offering Apple Watch for $25 if you hit your fitness goals(cultofmac.com)
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Will Fitbit’s ‘magic number’ really step up your fitness game?(cultofmac.com)
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by brandonb 11y ago
That's really cool! Might use this for my next project.
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by brandonb 11y ago
You can sign up for our (upcoming) Android Wear beta on the homepage: https://cardiogr.am
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by brandonb 11y ago
Apple Watch is pretty great at measuring heart rate in my experience. Part of the difference may be the circumstances in which the measurement is taken—in the clinic, "resting heart rate" is typically measured when the patient is
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by brandonb 11y ago
Yep—resting heart rate is a good proxy, and readily measurable from Apple Watch. A definitive study would randomly assign people to an exercise routine, follow them for 20-30 years, and then measure hard outcomes like heart attacks, strokes
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by brandonb 11y ago
I thought their metric ("physical activity index") sounded interesting, but at least from the WSJ article, it seems to be a bit of a black box. I'd love to see Mio publish some analysis.
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by brandonb 11y ago
Yes—that's certainly our long-term goal. This analysis is a first step, but before providing personalized recommendations, I think we'd want to do a lot more validation. There are a lot of corner cases in the real world, and parti
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by brandonb 11y ago
Hey all—OP here. I'm working on developing Cardiogram, the Apple Watch app from which this data is derived, and working with UCSF cardiology doing machine learning on heart rate data. Feel free to ask any questions here!
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Do you really need 10,000 steps a day?(blog.cardiogr.am)
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Sleep++ 2.0 Proves That There’s Still a Market for Apple Watch Apps(techcrunch.com)
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by brandonb 11y ago
What a cool project! I'm working with UCSF cardiology on various projects involving Apple Watch's heart rate sensor, and here are a few applications you might consider for your technology: 1. Atrial fibrillation (you mentioned
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by brandonb 11y ago
Yep. I think there's room for scientists, engineers, and designers to contribute, but you have to publish peer-reviewed studies showing hard outcomes. Secrecy doesn't work in medicine.
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by brandonb 11y ago
Sure. I'm brandon@cardiogr.am.
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by brandonb 11y ago
If you're a digital health entrepreneur and treating what's happening with Theranos as a wakeup call to do rigorous science, you could do worse than to work with the UCSF Center for Digital Health innovation: http://cen
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by brandonb 11y ago
Yes—Apple Watch records your heart rate every 10 minutes during the day, and every five seconds when you put it in workout mode. For example, here's what my heart rate looked like during the Game of Thrones finale: https:/&#x2F
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Moto 360 Sport is now out(motorola.com)
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by brandonb 11y ago
I used to be on the hiring committee at Google, and sometimes we'd ask for extra interviews if the person was very strong, but feedback was mixed in a particular area. For example, if a candidate bombed one algorithms question but perf
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by brandonb 11y ago
FYI, the new vets.gov is a collaboration between the US Digital Service, one of the startups that came out of healthcare.gov (Ad Hoc LLC), the VA, and others: https://adhocteam.us/ https://www.whitehouse.gov&
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Help Us Create vets.gov(vets.gov)
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